What We Do

We combine advocacy work at national and local level in our program.  We believe that an effective advocacy must be based on systematic link between fact-finding activities and stakeholder engagement at local level, and the development of network and various public outreach activities at national level.

Our program consists of:

·         Monitoring of the state’s budget allocation and implementation

We focus our monitoring work mainly on government’s infrastructure budget and projects implementation at local level under the current PDD I and II and PDL (local development program) policy.   It covers projects in road, school building, and bridge construction, water and sanitation, irrigation, and electricity at district, sub district, and village level.  However, we also conduct monitoring on the government direct cash transfer program for the elderly.

·         Government Liaison and Advocacy

We utilize this program to facilitate our advocacy at national level and provide leverage to our monitoring program at local level.  We facilitate discussion and lobbying between civil society and the central government agencies, inform the relevant agencies on our monitoring results and demand their responses, and gather information on the current government’s development policy and disseminate it to the public.

·         Community Empowerment

We empower the community by raising their awareness and improve their understanding on the development policy and projects that directly impact their livelihood. We build their capacity to monitor local development project through regular community discussion, workshops, trainings, and joint monitoring activities.  We develop community’s monitoring network in six villages in three districts (Aileu, Liquisa, and Manatuto).